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06/24/06
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
97 %
Reviews Counted: 144 Fresh: 140 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.4/10
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A haunting depiction of a disintegrating family, and a powerful argument on the elusiveness of truth.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Theatrical Release: 09-04-2004
Synopsis: Watching Andrew Jarecki's riveting non-fiction drama is like watching a slow-motion replay of a multi-car pileup; you know it's headed for disaster, but there's no way you can stop watching. On the surface, the Friedmans were a typical 1980s American family. Living in Great Neck, Long... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Arnold Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman, Seth Friedman, Jesse Friedman
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04/06/04
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Full of bracingly honest self-examination, raw humour and a fascinating vein of hysteria and emotion, but its real power is in the intimate examination of family ties.
01/16/04
Lo más impactante de este documental es que muestra la absoluta relatividad de las percepciones individuales.
05/02/06
Probing into the elusive nature of truth, through the prism of one Jewish family, this is one of the most perplexing and disturbing docus in American film history
06/30/05
...an insane document, a slice of life that we probably should never have seen. But now that we have seen it, it's too late to deny its crippling poignancy...
01/02/05
Much of this information could have been delivered in a way that respected the Friedmans, even if they did not respect each other.
12/06/04
Grown men and women, in broad daylight and friendly company, would not lightly name some of the worst terrors of our world.
05/16/04
A different kind of horror is portrayed in Capturing the Friedmans -- the disintegration of a family after the father secret life is exposed.
04/30/04
Director Jarecki takes his time in presenting the divergent points of view. But even at nearly two hours, one still feels there is a lack of information.
04/19/04
inspires in the viewer something which was conspicuously absent from the original trial - reasonable doubt.
04/02/04
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